(1)While a person is appointed under section 4(1) to take temporary responsibility for carrying out the functions of the holder of an opposition office within section 4(2)(b)—
(a)no allowance is payable under section 5(1)(b) of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 (allowance for opposition office-holders in the House of Lords) to the holder of the office, but
(b)an allowance is payable under that provision (and in accordance with section 8(2) of that Act) to the person appointed under section 4(1) of this Act as if they were the holder of the opposition office in respect of which the appointment was made.
(2)The reference in paragraph 16(2)(b) of Schedule 6 to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 to service as the holder of an office specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (Opposition leaders and whips) includes a reference to service as a person appointed under section 4(1).